Livestock
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FMD:Update on the outbreak in Limpopo
Four further cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) were reported since mid-December 2019, with three cases reported in December and one case reported in the ... -
Livestock owners urged to remain vigilant for FMD clinical signs
Although no further cases of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) have been reported in the past week, livestock owners and the general public have ... -
Government of Zimbabwe bans imports of livestock and pigs from South Africa
The Government of Zimbabwe has suspended with immediate effect the importation of livestock and related products from South Africa. The suspension follows notification by ... -
WEDA develops effective animal control solution
The Lower Saxony animal house outfitter WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp has unveiled Smart.Light solution with an aim to render animal control easy and efficient ... -
Could plant vaccines save the poultry industry?
The University of Pretoria (UP) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have successfully developed a vaccine against avian influenza using tobacco ... -
Drought-stricken Kenyan livestock farmers to receive US $2.88m
Drought-stricken Kenyan livestock farmers are set to receive US $2.88m from the government under the Kenya Livestock Insurance Programme (KLIP). As such, a cumulative total ... -
Questions remain over CITES vote which theoretically means zoos can no longer procure wild African elephants
The vote taken on the future of wild African elephants by members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna ... -
Thousands of Ugandan and Ethiopian women receive goats
With funding from UK aid, Farm Africa has distributed 3,304 goats to women living in lowland Uganda and Ethiopia. The women received the goats ... -
New vaccine against African swine fever pursing patent
As African swine fever spreads across Asia and surrounding areas, many companies are trying to find a solution. Phibro Animal Health Corporation announced it is pursuing ... -
The scourge of antibiotics in animal feed
When researchers asked pig farmers in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam, whether they routinely added antibiotics to their animal feed to make them grow faster, ...
